tired meaning and definition

TIRED adjective

Definition of tired (adjective)

1. depleted of strength or energy
   • "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
   • antonym: rested
2. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
   • "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
   • synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, well-worn